Few months ago, I read a post in the Cluster FO’s blog called “What is an Outpost Family Office?“. They emphasized the SMOs/MFOs needed to move from local to global, and sometimes that meant involving more wealth managers or advisors to broaden expertise. On the opposite direction, there are specialized wealth managers who need to […]Continue reading

After the visit that we made in May, and thanks the contact we have held during last months, we can proudly announce our commitment with British Fine Art and their promoters. Wish to come back Middle East with lots of good experiences to share with our sophisticated clients.

To avoid paying taxes, the rich are emptying their bank accounts in Switzerland and investing in art. This has spawned a new business of storing such works tax- and duty-free in warehouses across the world. One of the world’s most valuable art treasures is being stored in an extremely ugly place, a six-story concrete building […]Continue reading

Abu Dhabi & Art Some people think that after Dubai´s exaggerations, holding the largest Guggenheim museum and a new Louvre in Saadiyat island (Abu Dhabi) is again a way of showing off the oil wealth. We don´t think so. Suppose for one minute that we are the ones in charge of investing the huge amount […]Continue reading

Axifia visited the last edition of Dubai Art Fair that took place from 20th to 23rd March 2013. In this edition 75 galleries from 32 countries gathered at Madinat Jumeirah. Those are our conclusions we reached after leaving Dubai: – Art Dubai is working hard to become a reference in the international art fair circuit. It […]Continue reading

Axifia visited London last week. From May 7 to 12 we had the opportunity to meet more than one hundred people related to Fine Art such as artists, gallery workers and owners, public institutions, private collectors and art fair managers. It was a pleasure for us to have a lot of inspiring conversations with all […]Continue reading

Joaquín Sorolla’s Strolling along the seashore is one of the masterpieces that can be found at Google Art Project. The Google Art Project, a website that hosts works of art and makes them accessible to anyone, anywhere and any time, came into being two years ago. Out of the 200 international museums and institutions included […]Continue reading